I actually don’t know.... I just progressively got out of me funk

didn’t get out, just got used to it

It kinda just comes and goes for me. But doing the little stuff like getting some sun, eating healthier, taking walks etc definitely helps

What are some small goals anyone can achieve?

Even with exercise, I still have my depressive episodes every month

Make your bed, do the laundry, make dinner and do the dishes, walk a mile

I do all of that, yet I’m still having my episodes

had a near death experience that flipped my personality

if they're predictably every month like you say it's possibly a cyclical hormone thing. yes men have cycles. I don't have a lot of advice on how to lessen them, but awareness is definitely the first part.

when I feel myself slipping back into a depressive state I flip thru my journal and see what i been doing the last week or two to see if there's anything I can point to as a catalyst and then I go from there. I have a list I call my Positivity Protocol and ill try and pick some things from there and do em, even when I don't really feel like it. over the years the episodes have become less frequent and less severe.

This is after years of therapy and dabbling with prescriptions/medications. Sometime u gotta run the whole gauntlet before u figure it out.

What can you do as a guy if it is cyclical?

still there

i lied

try things, note if it helps or not, and then try differently next month I guess. Things could be a diet change, like IF or even a 24hr water fast, breathwork like Wim Hof stuff, a different type of exercise, meditation, less screen time, focusing on getting better sleep, basically anything that interfaces with your brain and body.

Big ole Hubie has done a lot of episodes with experts in various fields regarding hormones, depression, etc. so I would start there and just learn more about your brain and body. "know thyself" and all that, foundational stuff.

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no

Appreciate it, will try some stuff!

Wish you all the best bro!

I don't know this my first real one I guess and I can't climb out s***s crazy fr fr

First and foremost: you need to understand you cannot make depression go away. It is a chronic, constant battle. Can you work your way out of depressive episodes? Absolutely.
The only way through is understanding how to manage your depression and your emotions. For me personally, therapy and journaling has done wonders for me. Processing my emotions as they come and breaking them down (negative thoughts specifically, where they come from, what evidence I have to support it, what makes the thought irrational or unreasonable, where it could be coming from, really processing the emotions as they are) now, talk therapy and journaling doesn’t work for everyone and it’s going to be some trial and error. Working out may be your outlet. Art could be it, anything. It takes time. You just need to be considerate and consistent with yourself.

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smoking weed, working out, creating, etc. have all saved me from depressive episodes. but i don’t think i’ll ever stop being depressed. the anxiety, lack of motivation, suicidal thoughts - i’ll always deal with these things on some level. they’re like waves in my mind and the only thing i can do is wait for them to subside after they hit

i cut myself a lil

honestly the only thing that has consistently helped me is medication and therapy, which i know not everybody has access to

I think there's different types of depression so I don't think there's one solution fixes everything for it.

But picking up healthy habits is definitely something that can ease the burden.

Loving myself and spending time with my loved ones helped quite a bit